Colonic adenocarcinoma presenting as a cutaneous metastasis in an old operative scar

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-158

  Wright, Paul Kingsley ^a   Jha, M K ^a   Barrett, P D ^a   Bain, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colonic adenocarcinoma; Cutaneous metastasis; Operative scar

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN SCAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CICATRIX; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042630959     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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